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Throughout
County Mayo there are a great number of local attractions
that will appeal to all. These include many museums which
take an indepth look at the history of the area (For further details on any of the attractions
below please click on the appropriate link to be redirected
to their site):
Mayo North
Heritage Centre
National Museum of
Country Life
Michael Davitt
Museum
Mayo Abbey
Partry House
Quiet Man Cottage
Museum
Kiltimagh Museum
Knock Folk Museum
Ceide Fields
Visitors Centre
Achill Folklife
Centre
Foxford Woollen
Mills Visitors Centre and Craft Shop
Several golf
courses are only a short drive away and provide some
challenging fairways for all people from beginners to
professionals alike:
Enniscrone Golf
Club Top (18 hole)
Swinford Golf
Club(9 hole)
Ballina Golf Club (9 hole)
Westport Golf Club and Driving Range (18 hole)
Various leisure
facilities:
Ballina Swimming
Pool
Castlebar Swimming
Pool
Claremorris Swimming Pool, Gym and Sauna
Westport Leisure
Centre
Sporting
centres:
Achill Island Scuba
Dive Centre
13 Blue Flag
Beaches
Tranquil walks
through the breathtaking countryside:
The Foxford Way.
Offers 86km of marked path which surrounds the town of
Foxford and passes by the mountains of OX, the marshes and
archaeological sites. The
western path of 170km takes you alongside the fjord of Killary harbour in the county of Galway, moving on to the OX
mountains and then to the border of Sligo. This route steals
part of the Great Excursion and includes some rather
difficult pathways, however, the sights on offer are more
than worth the endurance.
There are more walks to explore
than pints of Guiness at an Irish wedding, well maybe not,
but there are quite a few. Each one only re-enforcing the
last with breathtaking views, beautiful countryside and eons
of folk lore to keep you mentally fit as well as physically. |
